Double Trouble with Holt and Talbot
Gig review by Steve Bennett at 2Northdown, London
19/01/2018 … If not the backbone of comedy, double acts are at least a major limb… yet they are somewhat out of fashion, despite the enduring appeal of Ant &…
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Fri 19 January 2018
Tue 16 January 2018
© Matthew Highton Tone of Voice: Comedians Improve Advertising
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Albany, London
16/01/2018 … Advertising, ideally, finds a single message and pursues it relentlessly and efficiently.
© BBC/Sophie Mutevelian Inside No 9: Once Removed
16/01/2018 … With another great episode tonight, this year’s series of Inside No 9 is shaping up to be the best yet - and that from an already strong baseline.
Mon 15 January 2018
Leicester Comedy Festival 2018 preview show
Gig review by Steve Bennett at De Montfort Hall
15/01/2018 … With the Leicester Comedy Festival celebrating its 25th anniversary, the temptation would have been to roll out the stars for the gala preview show.
Fri 12 January 2018
Rob Newman: A Total Eclipse Of Descartes
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
12/01/2018 … Rob Newman makes no apology for the ambitious scope of his latest show, promising to cover 2,500 years of human ideas in just 60 minutes.
Wed 10 January 2018
Angstrom
10/01/2018 … Radio 4's new comedy show has been written by Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley, the duo who have made wheelbarrows of cash from their Ladybird Books for Grown…
Mon 08 January 2018
© BBC/Sophie Mutevelian Inside No 9: Bernie Clifton’s Dressing Room
Spoiler-free TV preview by Steve Bennett
08/01/2018 … Viewers of Big Brother might remember how Jim Davison reduced Linda Nolan to tears in the 2014 celebrity version with the cryptic comment: ‘Ask her about Frank…
Tue 02 January 2018
© BBC/Sophie Mutevelian Inside No 9: Zanzibar
02/01/2018 … WARNING: We've tried to avoid giving too much away but this will inevitably contain spoilers if you want to be completely surprised by tonight's episode It’s…